Voice Teacher Reacts - Laufey, dodie, Jacob Collier: Wild Mountain Thyme

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[@Method_864]

Jacob mentioned something he found when doing the audience choirs is that they can "infinitely" go up the scales, because once someone gets to their highest note, they'll drop down to the bottom to middle of their range and work back up the scale from there. And when you have a size of a group of people as an audience, there's always people singing at the bottom, middle, or highest of their range at any point in given time, which gives it an overarching sense of depth. Jacob describes it much much better than I can, but it's incredibly interesting.

[@EmbyCorgi]

Yeah he mentions the phenomenon called “shepherd tones”. and the audience choir, like you mentioned, is one of the natural examples. It’s also seen in orchestrations too.

[@TheSlazzer]

@@EmbyCorgi exactly right. Sidenote, this might also interest you: In Djesse Vol 4 there is a song where Jacob uses the rhytm-equivalent of sheperd tones. Where it feels like the rhytm is constantly accelarating (what really happens is as it gets faster the number of measures is increased).

[@brandonjwillis]

“Everybody sings. It’s your birthright.” Good Lord, man. That is beautiful and powerful.

[@Edward_Cruz]

I was lucky enough to be present for this concert. Jacob appeared as a surprise guest, unannounced by the NSO. I think only a handful of people in the audience knew of him so the audience choir was a big surprise. Goes to show how we all can sing and how beautiful a thing it is when we are brought together. It all came naturally.

[@ruwe_sings]

Every time I see and hear Jacob with an audience choir my eyes fill with tears of joy. All these voices blend together and create something so special that touches me to the core. And everyone could see it, even you were close to tears and also other vocal coaches I saw reacting to Jacob, because he touches our hearts. He is extraordinary, from another level, and at the same time so wonderfully simple, humble and grounded.

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

It is truly special.

[@devon6294]

Absolutely, our first language was singing. I watch my grandchildren as infants cooing and humming using their vocal cords in the most unique and amazing ways. It's beautiful.

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

Love it!

[@winaleyco4187]

At some magical moment, the song became a prayer and the theater transformed into a church where souls united in fraternal symphony.

[@arco1ris]

I just love your Jacob Collier reactions!

[@lbv100001]

Hi. Just wanted to point out, the face you make while looking straight at the camera at 9:08 is a gorgeous example of expressing pure, unabashed, *divine* joy. It's something else. Something rare while on this playground we call life, to manage to, at least for a moment, let all illusions go and connect to the love underneath every fiber of our beings. That is such a gift. Something music and people like Jacob are capable of giving us. These moments, here and now. It's wonderful.

[@kurtglathar5162]

I just saw Jacob live in Austin this past weekend, and being part of the audience choir is an absolutely awe-inspiring experience. I hope you go see him live one day John! You would love it.

[@scottdavis7730]

I was there! It was so awesome, inspiring and moving.

[@kurtglathar5162]

@@scottdavis7730 Was it just me, or was Jacob tearing up at one part of it when we were singing?

[@Joshsclips]

I second this, also just saw him live for the first time recently

[@LegendJRG]

Just saw him in Dallas on Monday and it was honestly my favorite concert ever, I cannot believe how moving the audience choir is. My daughter wants to be a singer and loves him so it was her first concert! I think it might have set the bar far too high for her but what an incredible experience together.

[@arcadianmorning]

I was also at the Austin show and it was wonderful!

[@simonwhitehouse2397]

Thanks for your reaction. With your permission I’d like to show to students on my leadership programmes - as a perfect example Of what authentic leadership looks like. Honest, vulnerable, inspiring truth spoken from the heart. ❤

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

I’m honored!

[@muppetsstoogesfan1]

Highly recommend listening and reacting to both dodie and laufey. They're so good.

[@annhedges4243]

Every time l hear the audience choir, the emotion becomes overwhelming. So stunningly beautiful. Thank you Jacob.

[@Hoyerman]

John - there’s a version of Jacob (on piano this time) and Dodie singing Jacob’s original song “Summer Rain” from the same show on KZbin too!!

[@Joshsclips]

I'd also like to see that video covered

[@brianreid5891]

Incredible! The way Jacob pulls the crowd in and brings tension and release to the performance is so AWESOME. Cant help but to get emotional every time I watch. Love it! Great reaction 👍🏻

[@sweetsavorypodcast2613]

Every time he begins to conduct the audience as a choir, and I understand that immediate uniting of human spirit, will, and mass communication… I’ve become teary-eyed. Jacob is unwittingly or wittingly, making people work together with ease. He’s doing something that politics can’t achieve and religion has dropped the ball on for millennia. I’m not putting Jacob on a saintly pedestal, but I think that people that want to change the world should take note and find ways that cause people to want to cooperate instead of trying to make them do what you want. When you’re already doing something amazing, people want to participate. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@fernsehdesign]

Listen to Dodies music. You will be shocked. You already said, she has a great voice.

[@stewiegriffin993]

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with Jacob's music, ESPECIALLY because it obviously comes from a vulnerable place, I feel exactly like you listening to Jacob's music. And y'know, he takes this concept even further in his own original songs he wrote, the one we've been nagging you about, Little Blue from the Mahogany Session, is a prime example of this. I do hope you get to see it, even if not for a reaction video. It's truly one of the most beautiful musical experiences ever. Have a great day, John!

[@Robert_Herring]

Pure joy. That is why we music. As said by others, check out both Laufey and Dodie, as well as the Mahogany session of "Little Blue". I would also highly recommend the Mahogany session performance of "Summer Rain" with Jacob, Chris Thile, and Madison Cunningham. Jaw dropping beautiful, Chris and Madison are right up there with Jacob in ability.

[@W4LT3Rego]

Nice surprise, this one! Time to check out Laufey and Dodie, John! Both incredible artists in their own right.

[@davanti]

This recording brought me to tears as I have fond memories singing this song with my mother as a child. Their performance in this was just spectacular and I wish I was a member of that audience. Thank you once again for sharing your reaction!

[@nspires1]

Thank you so much for truly reacting to that “experience”. Letting the emotion flow. (Not trying to analyze it while it was happening). That’s exactly how I responded as well. I found you after I watched his video about 100 times. 😀 I found Jacob years ago and spent days and weeks mesmerized by his genius. I was lucky enough to be in attendance with Bobby Mcferrin when he played the audience in a “similar” way (and we all played our bodies like percussion instruments). One of my few regrets in life tho, is not going to see Jacob when I had a chance. I would love to be in that room “feeling” that. Profound.

[@Freesnuggz]

I'd love to see/hear from people in the orchestras who get to play his music/with him and their reactions

[@Alexandrasaurus]

The second woman to sing was Dodie - a brilliant singer songwriter, and reactors hardly ever react to her. She is well worth your time. I would recommend the tiny desk concert she did. The last track "Lonely Bones" is brilliant.

[@Joshsclips]

Greetings, just wanted to bring to your attention, if you see this, that Jacob has recently posted the official video of the the first live performance of Bridge Over Troubled Water with both Tori Kelly and John Legend included. I think you'd enjoy it greatly!

[@jessicamestrejeffery4871]

Just came here to say this! I think it's somehow - unfathomably - better than the album version. Even after countless listens it still brings me to tears!

[@Joshsclips]

@@jessicamestrejeffery4871 I’m in complete agreement

[@edieflor]

This was beautiful. I stopped singing a long time ago, but this was beautiful. So many voices together in harmony.

[@miltonpound763]

Your passion for singing and music is evident. Thanks for sharing your soul with us.

[@cobblepott4169]

I've mentioned this a couple times and will continue to suggest it as long as necessary. Jacob's live recording of Little Blue from the Mahogany Sessions is a profound experience that will improve your life.

[@als_pals]

Gonna add another vote for you to listen to Dodie's music, she has such a tender way with her voice and words

[@DoobooDomo]

I was expecting some technical breakdown, but you touched on something much deeper. I've been lucky enough to see both Laufey and Jacob live recently (not at the same time!) and their performances are really something special.

[@joyrobinson4585]

People sing. Yes. To see it happen in another context I encourage you to look up some Choir!Choir!Choir! videos. But Jacob is uniquely gifted and I am wonderfully lost in his rabbit warren. Your reactions to him are genuine and your wonder mirrors my own. Thank you.

[@Marklar3]

Great commentary as always. Thank you for the lesson sir.

[@MAGG0911]

Thanks for this morning sorprise John! ❤ is magical! I cried too… 😊

[@pipLaw21]

So did I.

[@rudolfboukal1538]

So appreciate your comments and your reaction. I really valued your pointing out that singing is our right - something with which we may have communicated long before we every spoke a word. I see music coming back to take its seat in our homes .... with us (you and I), once again, as the source of its song. Beautiful John!! Thank you.

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

Wild Mountain Thyme used to be the closing song on concerts of the Celtic folk band Moyland here in Germany. I saw them live more than I listened to their recordings back in the 90s. I loved them very much but unfortunately they disbanded in 2008. So, on top of that being a wonderful performance by Jacob, Dodie, and Laufey, it makes me nostalgic about those times.

[@NeetonDaviel]

Love your Jacob Collier reactions, they're always my favourite to watch, thank you 😀

[@renahere1885]

Yes....JC's use of vowels is wonderful...& notice, when he's harmonizing with someone else...he softens his vowels to blend with them 👍🎶

[@ronda.8624]

I recommend you a Spanish singer her name is Diana Navarro with the song "El perdón" she is a singer that transmits a lot when she sings and has incredible melismas. She is also very versatile when it comes to singing. She sings different musical styles. Best regards

[@robertthegreek]

Thank you for reacting to this. I listened to your other reactions to Jacob Collier, too, and knew this would be great. I love the idea of a musilanguage. I'm also reminded of Bobby McFerrin's TEDTalk (which is amazing), and Jacob just takes it to a whole other level. The future of music is in good hands.

[@owencosgrove864]

Highly recommend checking out the recent live version of Bridge Over Troubled Water Jacob did with Tori and John at the Greek Theatre.

[@danidanm]

I highly recommend listening to Laufey and then watching her performances at concerts, sometimes she brings her twin sister on stage to play the violin, she is spectacular

[@leonardonatali2431]

EXACTLY. Everytime I hear "todays music is garbage" bla bla bla, I always think of Jacob (and others) and smile

[@MiegmaishMenas]

Loved watching this together with you. You were so respectful to the performance (unlike some other reacts). And I guess you got as emotional as many of us watching these performances. Much love John!

[@whocouldemmybe]

I absolutely love this performance and I always absolutely love your videos on Jacob's music

[@petervandersluijs9256]

I love your (emotional) reaction as a listener. That is what music can do to people. If there is almost nothing left in a deserted place, then at least let it be the music that remains.

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

Thank you. Yes, music is indeed powerful.

[@renahere1885]

PS: John, as a prof singer, I SO enjoy watching you & hearing your detailed listening of music...It gives me joy to experience it with you on your videos ..thanks! Just saying🤗👍👏

[@zebracakez2168]

This is my first video of yours and im crying?! Yeah definitely gained a new subscriber 😭😭

[@laurids_dk7813]

Can you react to Jacob Colliers cover of “everytime we say goodbye” It an almost surreal kind of singing. I would really recommend it ❤

[@tobiasgreeeen]

Loved this reaction! You often pick up on certain details that I miss. Btw you should really check out Peter Collins! He's my latest inspiration for singing and I think you as a vocal coach would be blown away with what he can do.

[@TKSnatch]

Great as always, John!

[@joyrobinson4585]

A suggestion for your personal listening: Jacob Collier, Once You. Audio only. This song, I think, is meant to be listened to when you need to close your eyes and let beauty permeate your mind and body. I hope you will listen.

[@stewiegriffin993]

Agreed wholeheartedly, that's one of the most delicate and intimate pieces of music I've ever heard. You just close your eyes and flow with the music. And also Jacob does not get enough credit for his songwriting because those lyrics are absolutely beautiful!

[@joyrobinson4585]

@@stewiegriffin993 sometimes I think Jacob's lyrics are less than poetic but he's a musical genius. He doesn't have to be a poet as well just to please me! However, with Once You he has composed a piece of beauty in music and lyrics from the bottom of his sensitive soul. Once You should have far more recognition than it has. All the best.

[@mountainmusic77]

Thank you. I shared your emotional reaction to this. I am part of a church where congregational four+ part singing is still valued but kind of diminishing. In my view it is so significant to our theological understanding for a church like ours which is very much "of the people" with not much stock in priests, who might be akin to the professional musicians you speak of inadvertently making the rest of us forget we can do this too. I found much hope in this performance. Not to mention how impressive to see Jacob not only conduct the audience (which we've seen many times), but while singing over it and having arranged for the symphony to accompany at the same time. Feels like history in the making.

[@renahere1885]

In line with your comment , Jacob gives musicians hope that we can do bigger things, with whatever we have available...I think, "I'm going try to do this or that!" PS:My thought has been...if Jacob Collier is bringing so much joy & touching the emotions of everyone who listens to his music, with his amazing gift... without knowing Jesus...I can't even imagine what he would produce being filled with the Holy Spirit!! 🤯 Wow, he has already has been given & using an amazing gift from God! .I've been praying for Jacob🙏...he has blessed my life so much, so far, and has been inspiring me in my own music....God bless Jacob Collier 👍....

[@creative2716]

I felt the same exact way, John. The emotion...

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

It’s stunning.

[@rrrrr.55555]

"The future is in good hands" wow

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Only with a far superior level of musicality, Jacob reminds me of the audience participation work of Bobby McFerrin. Would you agree? I remember singing under the direction of Aaron Copeland, and he had a similar gift of getting us boys singing beyond our normal comfort zone. This is a special gift. ❤

[@jnrickards]

Hah, you beat me to it, I was about to bring up the Bobby McFerrin lecture as well.

[@coralesangiovannibattistastezz]

I love Jacob ❤❤❤ kisses from Italy 😘😘😘

[@TimpTim]

I saw the original telecast, which included this piece. Amazing, thoughtful work. Listening to him paraphrasing the harmonies of the song with the audience, and the healing energy that results, gives me hope for our future. Good to see a fellow musician who "gets it" and truly appreciates and teaches about the gift that is Jacob Collier.

[@joyrobinson4585]

Please react to Jacob Collier & The Aeolians - World O World. I sincerely hope your Patreons will pick up on this video and suggest it to you. I really enjoy your reactions and would love to hear yours to this one. Thanks!

[@johnroberts6384]

Sublime!

[@Cchogan]

And at the end, when the audience cheers, they cheer Jacob, the orchestra, the singers, the conductor, and they cheer themselves too. No one is left out.

[@oto19816]

Thanks for you reaction :') please take a look to Jacob Collier hallelujah version live on stream aid, you will love it!

[@markcounseling]

Very beautiful, thank you ❤

[@ibnukatsir3732]

Thank you Sir John GBU

[@davejaneway6915]

You have to see and hear him live. You’ll feel a part of a greater good.

[@leonardoss21]

React Lonely by Guilherme de Sá. Please!

[@Choonzord]

Jacob just put out a live version of Bridge Over Troubled Water with John Legend and Tori Kelly. You HAVE to react to that one! Please!

[@beep0519]

you should react to the flinstones by jacob!

[@jrbergsten]

“I” can’t (sing). I just don’t like the sound of my voice. Anyway. If you thought that was profound, there was a national choir director’s conference a few years ago where about 500 professionals, unrehearsed, sang Bach’s “Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring” (it’s from a Cantata BWV 147 you can go look it up). Now Collier’s audience choir (which he said he unexpectedly started almost as an accident), is pretty profound and moving, but words cannot express how good this impromptu performance at the conference was. Group singing beats everything.

[@MariuszPelcPL]

Somewhere I heard a say that "Human voice is the most beautiful instrument because its the only one that has soul"..

[@CaptKearnal]

I mean, now you have to do the Mahogany Session Little Blue!

[@bigdag66]

Your face when the last chorus starts.

[@paulshannon7303]

People sing sacred songs every week at church! Some sing secular songs at football matches! It's praise and worship (worth-ship).

[@donovan665]

Tru truth, singing together wow!

[@sebasespinozaleon1606]

I really enjoy all of your videos John! please react to "When ive got you" - Dimash Kudaibergen, i see you from Costa Rica!!

[@marybethwelchcollins6673]

Loved every second of this reaction! Thank you!

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

So glad!

[@victorsixtythree]

Conducting the "audience choir" is something that Jacob has been doing at his shows for years. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXzWd2Zmbr2jgNEsi=qwoh-umqJuAz1kJk He even recorded live audio from his concerts and incorporated the sounds of his audiences singing into some of the songs on his latest album. He has also teamed up with Native Instruments to create a free "audience choir" plug in: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3SmYplolKiVhJIsi=gOVQfbLADZVbowLr

[@renahere1885]

I got a new laptop, JUST so I could get this Audience Choir App....it is SO Cool!!!!!😃👏👍

[@geraldreid9359]

PLEASE, listen and react to Ella Robert's version of this song.

[@firebladenut]

I genuinely believe Jacob might be the greatest musician to ever live... and he is only just in his 30s

[@FromPoetryToRap]

Wait, was she in the Mahogany Little Blue session?

[@jnrickards]

(Non musician here, at least, no significant training in music) "Western" music uses the same tones but music from India and China sounds different (not just because of the different instrumentation). If the pentatonic scale is "natural" to western music, i.e., Jacob could do the same with audiences across North/South America and Europe, might other (India, China) cultures choose a different scale?

[@MrCrouton80]

You would have to literally be made of stone not to feel something listening to this piece.

[@jenniferwinebarger2392]

You are my favorite reactor and I’d love to see you react to Dimash “The Story of the Sky!!”

[@sashakindel3600]

Here he talks about how he started with audience choirs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzUhYirfKmWfLcsi=G42LAFWUxhi7Ar27&t=3451 At one of his concerts the audience spontaneously sang a chord, and he's been seeing how much he can build on that ever since.

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

Very interesting.

[@Cchogan]

You know that you are now almost obliged to listen to the live version of Bridge Over Troubled Waters with Tori Kelly and John Legend. If you loved this....

[@COYSNY]

🙏🏻 ❤

[@alicenorman2826]

I hate it so much when adverts break the magic. 😡

[@carnifaxx]

I think you may like Heilung - Lifa, but it's probably way too long to react to...